Causal Association of Overall Obesity and Abdominal Obesity with Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis.

Tao WangRong ZhangXiaojing MaShiyun WangZhen HeYeping HuangBo XuYangyang LiHong ZhangFeng JiangYuqian BaoCheng Hu Weiping Jia

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)

The data from this study support the potential causal relationship between abdominal obesity and hyperglycemia, which may be driven by aggravated insulin resistance, in contrast with the potential causal relationship between overall obesity and insulin secretion.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
adipose tissue
magnetic resonance
electronic health record
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
physical activity
deep learning
artificial intelligence